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Saturday, May 5, 2012
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REPLAY 50 years ago May 5, 1962 Ivan Grilliot may have a big outdoor rifle season, if his perfect firing at the Valley City Club’s range is any indication. The Versailles Auto Parts specialist scored a 200 with 17 X’s from the 50-yard line and another 200 with 16 X’s, at 100 yards — all on prone firing.
25 years ago May 5, 1987 Lehman needed a win to set up a showdown with Versailles for the Southwestern Rivers Conference championship, and coach Steve Hunsucker was taking no chances, sending his ace lefthander Tom Froning to the mound. Froning, just a sophomore, and the area’s top pitcher with a 7-1 record, was more than up to the task as he fired BBs at Tipp City, recording a no-hitter.
CALENDAR High school sports Today’s schedule Baseball Lehman at Fairlawn Riverside at Southeastern Arcanum at Houston (2) Fort Loramie at Troy Minster D-IV Sectional 11 a.m. — Fort Recovery vs. New Knoxville 1:30 — St. Henry vs. Marion Local Softball Brookville at Sidney (2) Lehman at Fairlawn Riverside at Southeastern (2) Versailles at St. Marys (2) New Bremen D-IV Sectional 11 a.m. — Marion Local vs. New Bremen 1 p.m. — Minster vs. Fort Recovery Track New Knoxville at Ada Inv. Boys tennis Sidney at GWOC meet
QUOTE OF THE DAY “NFL needs to publicly release evidence of players' bounty involvement if it exists.” —A tweet from Jonathan Vilma, one of the players suspended in the Saints’ bounty scandal
NUMBERS GAME 1997 — The last time a Notre Dame defensive player was picked in the first round of the NFL Draft until Harrison Smith’s selection by the Minnesota Vikings. 42 — Career postseason saves — and the jersey number — for Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who tore his ACL on Thursday and is likely out for the season. 12 — Home runs for Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp going into last weekend. That was as many as the entire San Diego Padres team had, and just two less than the Twins, Cubs and Nationals.
ON THIS DATE IN 1904 — Cy Young of the Red Sox pitches a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics, beating Rube Waddell 3-0. 1978 — Pete Rose of the Reds becomes the 14th player with 3,000 hits, singling in the fifth inning against Montreal's Steve Rogers at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium.
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Homers power Reds to win Cueto throws complete game in 6-1 win PITTSBURGH (AP) — Johnny Cueto remained unbeaten, giving up seven hits in his first complete game of the season as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 61 on Friday night. The right-hander struck out three without a walk to improve to 4-0 and lower his ERA to 1.32. Zack Cozart and Drew Stubbs homered on consecutive pitches in the seventh inning off Pittsburgh starter Kevin Correia (1-2) to give Cincinnati plenty of breathing room. Jay Bruce later added his eighth home run of the season off reliever Chris Resop. Nate McLouth, starting in center field in place of an ill Andrew McCutchen, had two hits for the Pirates but Pittsburgh failed in its bid to win consecutive games for the first time in three weeks.
Damon helps Indians win 6-3 Johnny Damon hit a tworun triple and Jeanmar Gomez pitched seven strong innings to lead the Cleveland Indians over the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Friday night. Gomez (2-1) gave up seven hits and three runs as Cleveland won for the fourth time in five games. Texas has lost five of seven, but still leads the AL West. Shin-Soo Choo and Jack Hannahan homered off Colby Lewis (3-1) as Cleveland took an early lead. Damon's drive off the wall in center was nearly caught by Josh Hamilton, who returned to the Rangers' lineup after missing three games because of a sore back. Chris Perez pitched the AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar ninth for his 10th consecutive CINCINNATI REDS catcher Ryan Hanigan, right, blocks the plate and tags Pittsburgh Pirates' save. He is perfect since blowing the save in the season Garrett Jones out to end the fourth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh Friday. Garrett was attempting to score from first on a double to left field by Pirates' Clint Barmes. opener April 5.
Niemeyer’s homer wins in 11th ST. HENRY — Minster got a couple of clutch home runs, and pulled out an 11-inning thriller at St. Henry Thursday in Midwest Athletic Conference baseball action, 4-3. The win was crucial because Niemeyer it keeps the Wildcats just one game off the pace in the MAC standings at 6-2. Overall, they are now 195. “We still have that target on our backs,” said Minster coach Mike Wiss, in reference to the state championship won last season. “We see everybody’s No. 1.” Minster got two in the top of the third, but St. Henry came back with three in the bottom of the fourth. It stayed at 3-2 going to the sixth, when Drew Elson belted a solo home run to knot the game up, one of two hits on the day for him. It remained 3-3 through 10 innings, but Adam Niemeyer lit into a 1-2 pitch with one out in the top of the 11th and deposited it over the fence to give the Wildcats a 4-3 lead. Austin Knapke retired the
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Redskins in the bottom of the 11th to get the win in his sixth inning of relief. “We’ve played almost three extra games in the league this year,” said Wiss. “Fifteen innings against Coldwater and now 11 tonight.” Niemeyer also had two hits, and both Knapke and Jay Eilerman singled and doubled. The linescore: RHE Minster ..........002 001 000 01_4 8 0 St. Henry .......000 300 000 00_3 8 4 Niemeyer, Poeppelman (4), Au. Knapke (6) (WP) and Wolf; Paul, Kramer (5) and Holloman. Records: Minster 19-5, St. Henry 10-11.
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Russia gets past Jackson JACKSON CENTER — Russia came from behind with two in the fifth and three in the sixth and pulled out an 86 win over Jackson Center in County play Friday. The game was a continuation of Tuesday’s suspended game, and once the sixth inning was over, the rains came again. Russia got doubles from Trevor Sherman and Austin Gariety and Jackson Center got doubles from Andy Hoying and Joey Frye. Hoying was 3for-4 and Frye 2-for-3.
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The linescore:
Records: Anna 8-11, St. Henry R H E 13-6. Russia ........................003 023_8 6 1 —— JC ...............................240 000_6 9 5 Loramie routs N. Francis, Counts (2), Cole McEldowney (3) (WP) and Colyn McElJackson Center downey; Hoying and Meyer. JACKSON CENTER — Records: Minster 19-5, St. Henry Fort Loramie cruised to a five10-11.
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Softball Anna upsets St. Henry 11-7 ST. HENRY — Anna continued to make it tough on the area’s top teams, upsetting St. Henry on the road in girls softball action Friday, 11-7. Anna is now 8-11 and St. Henry 13-6. Anna trailed 4-0 after two innings but got two in the fourth, then eight in the sixth. Jule Gephart was 4-for-4 to lead the Lady Rockets, one hit being a double. Morgan Clark had two singles and a double, Haley Steinbrunner had two singles, and Allison Harris two singles. With Friday’s win and Thursday’s upset of Russia, the Lady Rockets take momentum into Division III sectional tournament play Monday at West Milton. The linescore: RHE Anna.....................000 208 1_11 14 2 St. Henry ..............130 003 0_ 7 14 2 WP: Keener; LP: Rindler
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inning win over Jackson Center in the completion of a suspended game from earlier in the season, 17-1. The Lady Redskins go to 91 in County play with the win, and are now 18-5 overall. Jackson is 2-16. For Loramie, Danielle Wehrman and Macy Turner had two hits each. Wehrman also had three walks and scored three times, Turner scored twice, and Vicki Long and Reggi Brandewie both doubled. Hannah Meyer had a double for Jackson Center. • On Thursday, Jackson Center lost to Botkins 8-7 in County play. For Botkins, Jessica Dietz had two hits. For Jackson, Erin Poppe singled and doubled and Anna Wagner, Meyer and Meredith Himmeger all had two hits. The linescore:
RHE Loramie......................572 21_17 9 1 Jackson Center..........000 01_ 1 4 2 WP: Benanzer; LP: Bayhan Records: Loramie 18-5, JC 2-16.
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